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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

CTV Winnipeg- Too many deadly cancers go underfunded: report - CTV News



Charity Intelligence notes there are more than 200 forms of cancer, but the 10 forms that represent 70 per cent of Canadian cancer cases, deaths, potential years of life lost, and prevalence include:
  • lung
  • colorectal
  • breast
  • pancreatic
  • non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • brain
  • leukemia
  • prostate
  • ovarian
  • stomach cancers
It also includes sarcoma, because it was the form of cancer that affected Terry Fox, who changed the face of cancer charity donations forever.

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